THE new owners of Wrexham FC will be announced at the Racecourse before kick-off at Saturday’s home match.

Multi-millionaire Stephanie Booth and the Wrexham Supporter’s Trust are meeting the owners this week to present their rival proposals for the club and Racecourse.

Yesterday Mrs Booth announced the winning consortium would be revealed at the Racecourse before the kick-off against Forest Green.

She said a sealed envelope will be opened and the name read out. A club source at Wrexham FC confirmed an announcement on the future owners was expected prior to Saturday’s match. Mrs Booth has already met chairman Geoff Moss over a possible deal to buy the club and ground, and met him again yesterday to answer more questions.

The WST are due to meet Mr Moss today over their bid, but said they were not aware of any announcement.

Last month the rival groups held talks with each other over a possible joint bid but failed to reach an agreement.

WST Board member Lindsay Jones, who was involved in the talks, has since resigned, saying he feared being made a “scapegoat” if deals to buy the club failed. It comes after Ms Booth said she could not work with Mr Jones but would carry on talking to other members of the Trust.

Mr Jones says he has been subjected to abuse and criticism on internet sites.

He said: “I feel I am being made a scapegoat here if talks to buy the club fail and it has also reached a point when it is causing me and my family distress because of the comments aimed at discrediting me on internet sites. I am resigning for personal reasons because I don’t want to carry on receiving this abuse and for the sake of Wrexham FC because I do not want to be seen as getting in the way of attempts to buy the club.”

Ms Booth said the door remained open to negotiations with the supporters group.

But last night she said she would turn down an offer to meet WST chairman Richard Owen in a closed session with both sides’ lawyers.

She said she wanted a more “transparent” negotiation between her and the fans.

She said: “I want them (the WST) to realise it’s not their club, and it’s not my club. There’s only one Wrexham FC and why should four people from the WST leadership decide its future on behalf of their 800 members?” She added she did not wish to interfere with the running of the football team.

The board of the WST said they wanted to express their gratitude to one of their “longest serving and dedicated” servants in Lindsay Jones.

Tributes were posted on fan websites praising him for his hard work over many years.

Mr Jones said: “I remain fully committed to the ideal of the Supporters Trust and am totally supportive of the work currently being undertaken by the Society Board.”

He added: “Having been involved in formulating the WST bid, and having spoken to several of the rival bidders, it is clear that there is only one fully fledged proposal to take the club forward. My resignation will make it easier for the Board to make this bid a reality.”